Teal (Anas crecca). Male. Taken at Slimbridge, Gloucs., on January 17th 2019. Male. Taken at Slimbridge, Gloucs., on January 17th 2019. (1/500th sec at f11. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) Teal (Anas crecca). Female. Taken at Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk, on February 3rd 2020. Female. Taken at Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk, on February 3rd 2020. (1/250th sec at f8. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings) Description L: 34 - 43 cm; WS: 53 - 59 cm Teals are small dabbling ducks. Males have chestnut coloured heads with broad green eye-patches, a spotted chest, grey flanks and a black edged yellow tail. Females are mottled brown. Both show bright green wing patches in flight. Teal can be found throughout the British Isles. They favour northern moors and mires for breeding. In winter birds congregate in low-lying wetlands in the south and west. Many continental birds spend the winter in Britain. This is an Amber-list species because the UK is home to a significant percentage of the NW European wintering population. Sightings 16-Mar-2024 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (8) | 16-Feb-2024 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (11) | 02-Feb-2024 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (2) | 31-Jan-2024 | : | Slimbridge, Glos | | 26-Jan-2024 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 16-Jan-2024 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (6) |
| 26-Dec-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 05-Dec-2023 | : | Cote, Oxon | (100+) | 07-Nov-2023 | : | Slimbridge, Glos | | 22-Oct-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (42) | 27-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 20-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 17-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (40+) | 16-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 19-Mar-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 15-Mar-2023 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 11-Mar-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (50+) | 26-Feb-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (60+) | 19-Feb-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (50+) | 05-Feb-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 01-Feb-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 19-Jan-2023 | : | Slimbridge, Glos | | 01-Jan-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | |
| 26-Dec-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 06-Dec-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 20-Nov-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 13-Nov-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 18-Oct-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 18-Oct-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 16-Oct-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 08-Oct-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 09-Aug-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 26-Jul-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 23-Apr-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (6+) | 15-Apr-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 26-Mar-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 27-Feb-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 07-Feb-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 30-Jan-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 24-Jan-2022 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (2) | 09-Jan-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | | 05-Jan-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 04-Jan-2022 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | 01-Jan-2022 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | |
| 29-Dec-2021 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | | 09-Dec-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 25-Nov-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | 22-Nov-2021 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (6+) | 21-Nov-2021 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (6) | 17-Nov-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | |
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